Orlando Whistlecraft

Orlando Whistlecraft (11 November 1810 – 27 February 1893) was an early English meteorologist who was born and died in the village of Thwaite, Suffolk in the East of England. He kept detailed weather records for more than sixty years, and was referred to as 'the weather prophet of Thwaite'. The village sign for Thwaite includes a sun and clouds to commemorate Whistlecraft's work.

Life Whistlecraft was the son of James Whistlecraft, a farmer, and Susan Brooke.

Whistlecraft was referred to as the 'weather prophet of Thwaite'. He was most notable for Whistlecraft's Weather Almanac published annually from 1856 to 1884, and for The Climate of England (1840) and Rural Gleanings (1851). He kept detailed weather records for more than sixty years, beginning when he was nine years old.

Whistlecraft died "in some poverty" on 27 February 1893. He is remembered in the Thwaite village sign designed in 2000, which features a sun and clouds.

Personal life Whistlecraft married Elizabeth Rush, who was born in Stonham Parva, at St George's parish church Thwaite on 28 March 1834. They had six children.